Vehicle transport

Claim 1

A SEVEN-CAR VEHICLE CARRIER COMPRISING A TRACTOR AND A TRAILER, THE TRACTOR HAVING A MAIN FRAME WITH A CAB AT THE FRONT END THEREOF, A LOWER VEHICLE TRACK ON SAID FRAME BEHIND SAID CAB, SAID TRACK BEING PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED ADJACENT ITS FRONT END SUCH THAT THE REAR END THEREOF CAN BE ELEVATED TO A POISITION ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE FRAME, THE TRACTOR FRAME HAVING A DEPENDING SUPPORT AT THE REAR END THEREOF, A FIFTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY ON SAID DEPENDING SUPPORT, SAID TRAILER HAVING A MAIN FRAME THE FRONT END OF WHICH IS CONNECTED WITH SAID FIFTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY SUCH THAT THE FRONT END PORTION OF THE TRAILER FRAME IS DISPOSED AT A LEVEL BELOW THE REAR END OF THE LOWER TRACK ON THE TRACTOR WHEN THE LATTER IS IN LOWERED POSITION, SAID TRAILER HAVING A FRONT LOWER TRACK THE FRONT END OF WHICH IS SUPPORTED ON SAID FRONT PORTION OF THE TRAILER FRAME AT A LEVEL BELOW THE REAR END OF THE LOWER TRACK ON THE TRACTOR, THE FRONT LOWER TRACK ON THE TRIALER BEING SUPPORTED ADJACENT ITS FRONT END FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT FROM A DOWNWARDLY AND REARWARDLY INCLINED POSITION TO AN UPWARDLY AND REARWARDLY INCLINED POSITION WHEREBY WHEN A VEHICLE IS POSITIONED ON THE LOWER TRACK OF THE TRACTOR FRONT END FOREMOST WITH ITS REAR END OVERHANGING THE REAR END OF THE TRACTOR FRAME AND THE REAR END THREOF IS ELEVATED BY PIVOTING THE REAR END OF THE LOWER TRACK ON THE TRACTOR UPWARDLY, A SECOND VEHICLE MAY BE POSITIONED ON THE LOWER FORWARD TRACK OF THE TRAILER FRONT END FOREMOST WITH ITS FRONT END DISPOSED VERTICALLY INTERMEDIATE THE REAR OVERHANGING END OF THE FIRST VEHICLE AND THE FIFTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY, SAID TRAILER ALSO HAVING A LOW, GENERALLY HORIZONTAL TRACK AT THE CENTRAL PORTION THEREOF AND A REAR TRACK PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED ADJACENT ITS REAR END NEAR THE REAR END OF THE TRAILER FOR MOVEMENT IN A VERTICAL PLANE SUCH THAT A THIRD VEHICLE CAN BE POSITIONED ON THE LOW CENTRAL TRACK AND A FOURTH VEHICLE ON THE REAR TRACK WITH THE OPPOSED INNER ENDS OF THE FORWARD AND REAR TRACKS ON THE TRAILER ELEVATED TO CLEAR THE FRONT THE REAR ENDS OF THE THIRD VEHICLE, SAID TRACTOR ALSO HAVING AN UPPER TRACK FOR SUPPORTING A FIFTH CAR IN A POSITION OVERLYING THE CAB AND A PORTION OF SAID FIRST VEHICLE, AND THE TRAILER ALSO HAVING AN UPPER TRACK FOR SUPPORTING SIXTH AND SEVENTH VEHICLES IN POSITIONS OVERLYING THE SECOND AND FOURTH VEHICLES.